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Rationally Speaking #194 - Robert Wright on "Why Buddhism is True"

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The Importance of Mindfulness in Meditation

The Buddha said in the first famous sermon, he basically laid out the goal. Let's try to end suffering. I mean, so it's the fact is there is a goal. And at least in certain contexts, like while you're meditating, the less you think about it the better and more specifically. But that also seems like a bit of a strategic deception that I feel doesn't go well with the whole theme of Buddhism.

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